IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/ecdequ/v2y1988i1p9-18.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Rise and Fall of Sun, Rust, and Frost Belts

Author

Listed:
  • Bernard L. Weinstein

    (Southern Methodist University)

  • Harold T. Gross

    (Southern Methodist University)

Abstract

Despite a dramatic turnaround in regional fortunes that has witnessed a return to prosperity among many Frostbelt states and severe dislocations in most Sunbelt states, outdated and inaccurate perceptions of regional growth and decline in the United States persist. The authors document this role reversal and challenge the utility of conventional theory-based explanations of regional growth and decline. Offering an alternative explanation for patterns of regional change, they recast the process in the context of an evolving global economy, the international business cycle, and an altered federal environment. The authors conclude that federal, state, and local policymakers have been hampered by conventional perceptions of regional growth and decline, and they suggest some broad policy initiatives to encourage more balanced regional development.

Suggested Citation

  • Bernard L. Weinstein & Harold T. Gross, 1988. "The Rise and Fall of Sun, Rust, and Frost Belts," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 2(1), pages 9-18, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecdequ:v:2:y:1988:i:1:p:9-18
    DOI: 10.1177/089124248800200102
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/089124248800200102
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/089124248800200102?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Edward J. Malecki, 1995. "Global Cities And Back Roads:Perspectives On The Southern Economy (Presidential Address, April 22, 1995)," The Review of Regional Studies, Southern Regional Science Association, vol. 25(3), pages 237-246, Winter.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:ecdequ:v:2:y:1988:i:1:p:9-18. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.